# Vitruvius

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- Book: [Vitruvius](https://www.bookquiver.com/indra-kagis-mcewen/vitruvius) ([Vitruvius.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/indra-kagis-mcewen/vitruvius.md))
- Authors: [Indra Kagis McEwen](https://www.bookquiver.com/indra-kagis-mcewen)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6263-306-2
- Pages: 508
- Published: 2004-09-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A historical study of Vitruvius's De architectura, showing that his purpose in writing " the whole body of architecture" was shaped by the imperial Roman project of world domination. Vitruvius's De architectura...